Chapter 13: Spring Season
Winter went to spring, Qiao's father and Qiao's mother, before the spring, arrived in Chang'an.
In front of the Gongyuan of Chongrenfang, it was bustling, all of them were family members who bid farewell to their sons. The spring festival is held for three days, closed management, serving rice and hot water, and the dishes are brought by themselves.
Qiao's father collected the freshest Gulouzi, pork jerky, glutinous rice cakes, spring burritos, red dried meat, condensate syrup, tendon spring, cross-door incense, snow baby, Qianxun sauce and other delicacies for Qiao Tianhua early, packed in large bags and small packages, and drove the carriage.
Qiao's mother also attached great importance to this spring festival and bought new clothes and jewelry for Qiao Tianhua.
I saw Qiao Tianhua, combing a single screw bun, diagonally inserting a gilded Luan Luan phoenix peony pattern silver hairpin, wearing a pair of inlaid gold earrings, with a peach-colored Ruijin full-breasted skirt, with fluffy eyebrows, deer eyes and watery eyes, like a peach blossom budding in early spring.
"Tian Hua, I specially asked for leave and went to the Great Ci'en Temple to ask for Wenqu Fu for you." Xu Shangxuan trotted all the way, saw Qiao's father and Qiao's mother, and after respectfully bowing, he hurriedly hung the Wenqu talisman on Qiao Tianhua's neck, causing Qiao's mother to cough unhappily.
"Shang Yu, is it a big boy in high school? With your kung fu and hard work, you may have a chance to be the champion of high school. Father Qiao quipped, smiling kindly.
After hearing this, Xu Shangyu immediately understood what Qiao's father meant, and nodded with a smile.
Qiao's father was mentioning Xu Shangxuan, wanting to pursue his daughter, and he had to earn fame.
It's a pity that Qiao's mother didn't agree with Qiao's father's own assertions, she twisted Qiao's father's arm fiercely, and then squeezed between Xu Shangcheng and Qiao Tianhua, held Qiao Tianhua's arm, and said with a smile: "Tianhua, we haven't talked about family affairs together for a long time, and when your spring is over, talk to A-Niang, how His Royal Highness the King of Beihai fell in love with you at first sight." ”
Qiao's mother believes that Helian Zheng must have a plan to buy a house for Qiao Tianhua.
Qiao's mother is very confident, and with Qiao Tianhua's charm, she can capture Helian Zheng's love.
"Ah Niang, what nonsense are you talking about, the title deed of this set of houses belongs to His Royal Highness, and His Highness can drive us away at any time. His lover is in Daming Palace, which is well known. Probably because he had nowhere to vent his love, he treated me like a sister. Oh no, he just thinks it's funny, he taunts me, bullies me, and lectures me at every turn. Qiao Tianhua said angrily, not happy that Qiao's mother was so gossipy.
She and A-Niang didn't talk about everything, but quarreled as soon as they chatted.
A-Niang feels that marrying well is more important than anything else. Ah Niang is always annoyed every day to marry a coppersmith like Aye. Even supporting Qiao Tianhua to gain fame is just looking forward to Qiao Tianhua's opportunity to marry into a wealthy family.
However, Qiao Tianhua, who reads a lot of miscellaneous books, wants to work hard for a career even more.
"Tianhua, your aunt is from the past, and she knows the hearts of children best. You must not take His Royal Highness the King of the North Sea for granted, and you should take him down while he is still fresh. Even if she is the side concubine of His Royal Highness the King of Beihai, she is also a serious jade, which is enough to be beautiful for a lifetime. Qiao's mother smiled, stretched out her slightly wine-scented fingertips, and poked Qiao Tianhua's face.
After Qiao Tianhua heard this, she frowned, and hurriedly said perfunctorily: "A-Niang, I'm in." ”
Just as she crossed the threshold, Xue Yu called out to her, raised his hand and pointed at Su Jinhua in the distance.
Su Jinhua seemed to be sick, and the silver fox Qiu was wrapped in a thin body, but fortunately, with the support of the maid's fangfang, he would not faint from being blown by the cold of spring.
Seeing this, Qiao Tianhua jumped up and down happily, and beckoned to Su Jinhua.
It's a pity that when Qiao's father and Qiao's mother both came over, Su Jinhua resolutely left.
Su Jinhua resented Qiao's father and mother. If it weren't for Qiao's father and Qiao's mother not taking good care of her, how could she be sold by her black-hearted grandmother. Therefore, when Qiao Tianhua took Qiao's father and Qiao's mother to Su Mansion secretly to visit Su Jinhua, Su Jinhua chose to close the door and disappear.
"A-Niang Aya, Sister Jinhua just thought about it for a while, and she can't forgive us. After the spring festival was over, I thought about how to get close to Sister Jinhua with Shang Yu and Ah Yu, so that she could gradually eliminate the estrangement. At that time, if she can invite Sister Jinhua to come to the house for dinner and feel the warmth of the family, she will definitely be moved. Qiao Tianhua saw that Qiao's father and Qiao's mother couldn't hide their lonely expressions, so they comforted softly.
Su Jinhua is Qiao's father and Qiao's mother's heart disease, and he doesn't know how much silver he spends every year to find it.
Qiao's father and Qiao's mother are afraid that they will forget Su Jinhua in the future and are no longer willing to have a son. Because of the issue of giving birth to a son, Qiao's father was angry with his biological mother, and Qiao's mother cut off relations with her biological mother.
"Tianhua, go to the exam with peace of mind, I'm here, no accident." Xu Shangyu said with a smile.
"Tianhua, I wish you the title of the gold list." Xue Yu thought about it for a night before he tossed out this dry auspicious sentence, and his voice was quite low.
"Tianhua, I wish you a straight rise, Toad Palace Victory, Dengke and No. ......" Qiao's mother felt that Xue Yu was also unlucky when he said a blessing, and hurriedly added.
"Tianhua, do your best." Father Qiao smiled.
So, Qiao Tianhua entered the Tribute Courtyard with everyone's blessings.
The Tribute Courtyard has a towering wall, ancient trees towering to the sky, and is heavily guarded. There are three dragon gates in a row, with grandmothers and fathers-in-law, checking portraits, burdens, and bodies. There are examination sheds in the east and west, and there are three high walls around them, which are the outer thorn wall, the inner thorn wall, and the brick wall, which are guarded by the Yulin army.
The examination booth is in the form of a cubicle, with a corresponding number and name on it.
Qiao Tianhua dragged the salute with great difficulty, and rushed to his own cubicle, he was already sweating profusely, and then he was pleasantly surprised to find that Zhou Mingze lived next door to him.
"Lady Qiao, it's really fateful." Zhou Mingze smiled slightly and bowed his hand.
After Qiao Tianhua heard this, he smiled like a flower, and then found that Zhou Mingze's equipment was also thin. A small coarse linen burden must not be able to hold much food, let alone bedding.
Qiao Tianhua bit his fingers, thought for a moment, squatted down, untied all the burdens, and stuffed Zhou Mingze with a newly bought wood red ground Ruyi cloud pattern planted saddle blanket by Qiao's mother, as if it was not enough, he pulled out a piece of furoshiki, wrapped the Qianxun sauce, cross-door incense, and tendon spring prepared by Qiao's father properly, and gave it to Zhou Mingze.
"Mrs. Qiao, I can't help it, these are all exchanged for the hard-earned silver money of Uncle Qiao's Aunt Qiao, expressing their love for you." Zhou Mingze shook his head and smiled, pushing hard.
"Zhou Langjun, why can't you do it, just when I Qiao Tianhua stammered the future new champion in advance." Qiao Tianhua quipped, and then used brute force to throw the saddle blanket and food baggage directly into Zhou Mingze's lattice through the bamboo curtain, teaching Zhou Mingze to be helpless, but he laughed very happily.
Later, Zhou Mingze never forgot Qiao Tianhua's warmth.
The safflower is scorching, delicate but not charming, just like the spring color of the world.